Official list of the best NFL players in 1936
The 1936 All-Pro Team consisted of American football players chosen by various selectors for the All-Pro team of the National Football League (NFL) for the 1936 NFL season. Teams were selected by, among others, the NFL coaches (NFL),[1] the United Press (UP),[2] Collyer's Eye (CE),[3] and the Chicago Daily News (CDN).[3]
Four players were selected for the first team by all four selectors: Detroit Lions quarterback Dutch Clark; Boston Redskins halfback Cliff Battles; Chicago Bears end Bill Hewitt; and Green Bay Packers guard Lon Evans. Three others were selected for the first team by three selectors: Chicago Bears fullback Bronko Nagurski; Boston Redskins tackle Turk Edwards; and New York Giants center Mel Hein.
Team
Position
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Player
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Team
|
Selector(s)
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Quarterback
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Dutch Clark
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Detroit Lions
|
NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1
|
Quarterback
|
Arnie Herber
|
Green Bay Packers
|
NFL-2, CE-2, CDN-1
|
Quarterback
|
Riley Smith
|
Boston Redskins
|
NFL-2
|
Quarterback
|
Bernie Masterson
|
Chicago Bears
|
CDN-2
|
Halfback
|
Cliff Battles
|
Boston Redskins
|
NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1
|
Halfback
|
Tuffy Leemans
|
New York Giants
|
NFL-1, UP-2 [quarterback], CE-1, CDN-2
|
Halfback
|
Ernie Caddel
|
Detroit Lions
|
NFL-2, CDN-2
|
Halfback
|
Beattie Feathers
|
Chicago Bears
|
UP-2, CE-2
|
Halfback
|
George Grosvenor
|
Chicago Cardinals
|
UP-2
|
Halfback
|
Ralph Kercheval
|
Brooklyn Dodgers
|
CE-2
|
Fullback
|
Bronko Nagurski
|
Chicago Bears
|
NFL-2, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1
|
Fullback
|
Clarke Hinkle
|
Green Bay Packers
|
NFL-1, UP-1
|
Fullback
|
Ace Gutowsky
|
Detroit Lions
|
UP-2, CE-2, CDN-2
|
End
|
Bill Hewitt
|
Chicago Bears
|
NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1
|
End
|
Milt Gantenbein
|
Green Bay Packers
|
NFL-2, UP-1, CE-2, CDN-1
|
End
|
Don Hutson
|
Green Bay Packers
|
NFL-1, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-2
|
End
|
Bill Smith
|
Chicago Cardinals
|
NFL-2, UP-2
|
End
|
Joe Carter
|
Philadelphia Eagles
|
CE-2, CDN-2
|
Tackle
|
Turk Edwards
|
Boston Redskins
|
NFL-1, UP-1, CDN-1
|
Tackle
|
Ernie Smith
|
Green Bay Packers
|
NFL-1, UP-1
|
Tackle
|
Joe Stydahar
|
Chicago Bears
|
NFL-2, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-2
|
Tackle
|
George Christensen
|
Detroit Lions
|
NFL-2, CDN-1
|
Tackle
|
Jack Johnson
|
Detroit Lions
|
CE-1
|
Tackle
|
Armand Niccolai
|
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
UP-2
|
Tackle
|
Jim MacMurdo
|
Philadelphia Eagles
|
CE-2
|
Tackle
|
Ade Schwammel
|
Green Bay Packers
|
CE-2
|
Tackle
|
Bill Lee
|
Brooklyn Dodgers
|
CDN-2
|
Guard
|
Lon Evans
|
Green Bay Packers
|
NFL-1, UP-1, CE-1, CDN-1
|
Guard
|
Ox Emerson
|
Detroit Lions
|
NFL-1, UP-1, CE-2
|
Guard
|
George Rado
|
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
CE-1, CDN-2
|
Guard
|
Bree Cuppoletti
|
Chicago Cardinals
|
NFL-2, UP-2, CDN-1
|
Guard
|
Dan Fortmann
|
Chicago Bears
|
NFL-2, UP-2
|
Guard
|
Ed Kahn
|
Boston Redskins
|
CE-2
|
Guard
|
Les Olsson
|
Boston Redskins
|
CDN-2
|
Center
|
Mel Hein
|
New York Giants
|
NFL-1, UP-2, CE-1, CDN-1
|
Center
|
Frank Bausch
|
Boston Redskins
|
NFL-2, UP-1, CE-2
|
Center
|
Ed Kawal
|
Chicago Bears
|
CDN-2
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References
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